Patrick Carnegy

Shakespeare on the line

The RSC’s Complete Works Festival

issue 21 April 2007

The RSC’s Complete Works Festival

‘Completism’ has become a bit of a mania in the arts world, but there’s no question that Michael Boyd has left a distinguished mark on the RSC with his Complete Works Festival. It began a year ago with Romeo and Juliet and concludes with Ian McKellen in the title role of Trevor Nunn’s staging of King Lear.

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